Gathering and organising occupational health, safety and environmental information from the workplace

Carrying out occupational health and safety training

Learners acquiring this standard will be learning towards obtaining a national qualification or are working within a health and safety environment, where acquisition of competence against this standard will add value to learner`s job, or chances of finding employment.

Each learner will receive a learner guide and workbook during the contact session that will assist them with the building of their POE (Portfolio of Evidence).

Learner will receive full instruction from us before the course to assist with the preparation of the course. Where possible additional resources will be provided to learners who are not able to get there resources.

Learners are required to apply skills and knowledge obtained on the course in the workplace. As learners apply these skills, they produce evidence, which needs to be compiled into a portfolio of evidence (POE). This POE is submitted to Trainyoucan for assessment. Learners will receive a workbook and portfolio guide, which will guide them through the process. Any additional resources required will be provided by Trainyoucan to the learner, free of charge.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

As an employer, your health and safety obligations go just beyond putting health and safety measures on paper to help reduce injuries in the workplace.

In terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), you must give your employee practical training before he can work, use equipment and machinery and know how to use the safety equipment to protect himself from harm.

For this, you’ll need to develop a training needs analysis to make sure all the people you’re going to appoint get the training they’ll need to do their job properly.

General Workers

Supervisors

Junior Management

Safety Officers

Constructions Workers

Executives

Section Managers

Departmental Managers

Line managers

Supervisors; and

Responsible persons (this is anyone management assigns responsibility for people, an activity or a work area to) should attend this training.

Attend the contact session with Trainyoucan. (Each course starts with a 2 hour induction on the SETA’s and explaining the accreditation process. (Most of the learners find this very useful.)

We provide you with all the learning material that you need, including a workbook that you must complete. (Outside the classroom as required by the Unit Standard and OBE Learning)

You complete the workbook and submit this to our offices for assessments, or you can attend any of our FREE workshops for additional support. Any person who attended any of our courses can attend our workshops for FREE. One of the assessors can also evaluate your POE (Portfolio of Evidence) during the workshop and provide you feedback immediately.

Your POE is submitted to our Assessors that will complete the assessment process and provide directly feedback to you through our online tracking system.

Your file is scheduled for verification with the relevant SETA and uploaded on completion. Your final Certificate will only be issued once the SETA verified your POE for security reasons and a final SOR will be issues. (SOR, also called the “Statement of Results” will be issued by the relevant SETA once the process was completed). You MUST receive your SOR one completion from any provider as proof that you were registered. NO SOR = NO ACCREDITATION. (Bear in mind that this process can take up to 3 months to complete.

We provide you with all the guidance and resources to register with the relevant SETA of your choice.

ACCREDITATION AND QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK

The criteria for the accreditation of training providers define a number of requirements that include:

Administrative procedures and record keeping and policies.

Management review

Authorization of affiliates

Tutor selection, training and performance review

Issuance of training certificates

Learner Support

Delivery, Assessment and Moderation practices

NOTE: There are basically two different types of accreditation:

The training provider or the institute must be accredited by a SETA. “ETQA” (Their offices, policies and procedures. This can be any SETA = does not matter what type of courses they offer.)

Each learning programme or qualification is accredited with the relevant SETA “ETQA” who is responsible for this programme. Also note that the word “accreditation” does not mean they SETA accredited. It must say “NQF Accredited”.

Before you can start with any course you should ask the following questions:

Is the course accredited and with what SETA?

What is the process and duration from start to completion?

Are there any additional fees for support to re-submission?

Entry Requirements? Do you charge for registration and why?

What discount can I get if I do more courses with your institute?

What after support and resources to you offer?

COPY OF THE UNIT STANDARD

All qualifications and part qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework are public property. Thus the only payment that can be made for them is for service and reproduction. It is illegal to sell this material for profit. If the material is reproduced or quoted, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) should be acknowledged as the source.

SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD:

Apply occupational health, safety and environmental principles

SAQA US ID

UNIT STANDARD TITLE

113852

Apply occupational health, safety and environmental principles

ORIGINATOR

ORIGINATING PROVIDER

SGB Transport and Logistics Operations

QUALITY ASSURING BODY

–

FIELD

SUBFIELD

Field 11 – Services

Transport, Operations and Logistics

ABET BAND

UNIT STANDARD TYPE

PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL

NQF LEVEL

CREDITS

Undefined

Regular

Level 3

NQF Level 03

10

REGISTRATION STATUS

REGISTRATION START DATE

REGISTRATION END DATE

SAQA DECISION NUMBER

Reregistered

2012-07-01

2015-06-30

SAQA 0695/12

LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT

LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT

2016-06-30

2019-06-30

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard.

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD
Learners acquiring this standard will be learning towards obtaining a national qualification or are working within a health and safety environment, where acquisition of competence against this standard will add value to learner`s job, or chances of finding employment.

The qualifying learner is capable of:

Identifying hazards

Evaluating hazards

Controlling hazards

Explaining and using relevant legislation and regulations

Gathering and organising occupational health, safety and environmental information from the workplace

Carrying out occupational health and safety training

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
Learners accessing this unit standard / qualification will have demonstrated competence against adequate reading and writing skills as well as knowledge of the workplace in terms of the jobs performed by people on a team, procedures required of them and experience of dealing with problems and processes in the workplace.

UNIT STANDARD RANGE

Activities will be conducted in the immediate work environment.

Legislation and regulation will include: The Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHS), Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases (COID) and relevant sections of the Labour Relations, Basic Conditions of Employment, Equity Acts and environmental legislation.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1
1. Hazards are evaluated and prioritised (in particular area, work procedures and job categories) according to the risk of exposure and the risk of detrimental health outcome (occupational injury or disease).

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2
2. Recommendations on hazards drafted in H&S structures are reported on and discussed.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING
Communicate effectively using visual, mathematical and/or language skills in the modes of oral and/or written persuasion, with regards to talking to employees.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO SCIENCE
Use science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards attempting to control hazard and in identifying and solving problems in reviewing control measures.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING
Demonstrating an understanding of the world as a set of related systems through evaluating and prioritising hazards.

Gathering and organising occupational health, safety and environmental information from the workplace.

Carrying out occupational health and safety training.

Learners acquiring this standard will be learning towards obtaining a national qualification or are working within a health and safety environment, where acquisition of competence against this standard will add value to learner`s job, or chances of finding employment.

Each learner will receive a learner guide and workbook during the contact session that will assist them with the building of their POE (Portfolio of Evidence).

Learner will receive full instructions from us before the course to assist with the preparation of the course. Where possible additional resources will be provided to learners who are not able to get there resources.

Learners are required to apply skills and knowledge obtained on the course in the workplace. As learners apply these skills, they produce evidence, which needs to be compiled into a portfolio of evidence (POE). This POE is submitted to Trainyoucan for assessment. Learners will receive a workbook and portfolio guide, which will guide them through the process. Any additional resources required will be provided by Trainyoucan to the learner, free of charge.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

As an employer, your health and safety obligations go just beyond putting health and safety measures on paper to help reduce injuries in the workplace.

In terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), you must give your employee practical training before he can work, use equipment and machinery and know how to use the safety equipment to protect himself from harm.

For this, you’ll need to develop a training needs analysis to make sure all the people you’re going to appoint get the training they’ll need to do their job properly.

General Workers

Supervisors

Junior Management

Safety Officers

Constructions Workers

Executives

Section Managers

Departmental Managers

Line managers

Supervisors; and

Responsible persons (this is anyone management assigns responsibility for people, an activity or a work area to) should attend this training.

Organisation or Provider policies where available or at least knowledge of the organisations assessment policy if any. These might include: *The assessment Policy of your organisation, The Moderation Policy of your organisation, The RPL Policy of your organisation, The re-assessment policy of your organisation, The appeals policy of your organisation. Where possible will TRAINYOUCAN provide template policies to learners who do not have access to these policies.

Copy of your organisations Assessment Guides if any implemented.

Visit your SETA’s website and determine if they have any policies or rules of contact for their assessors available. Where not possible will TRAINYOUCAN provide a copy of this.

Visit any SETA of your choice and obtain a copy of the Assessors Registration template that you must complete on completion and submit to your SETA. This is very helpful if you have any questions or answers regarding the completion of this document. (Where possible will TRAINYOUCAN provide copies of this.

Research the meaning and purpose of RPL.

Research the meaning and purpose of OBE Education in South Africa.

b) OPTIONAL: (Not required but for those who want to start with the research)

The criteria for the accreditation of training providers define a number of requirements that include:

Administrative procedures and record keeping and policies.

Management review

Authorization of affiliates

Tutor selection, training and performance review

Issuance of training certificates

Learner Support

Delivery, Assessment and Moderation practices

NOTE: There are basically two different types of accreditation:

The training provider or the institute must be accredited by a SETA. “ETQA” (Their offices, policies and procedures. This can be any SETA = does not matter what type of courses they offer.)

Each learning programme or qualification is accredited with the relevant SETA “ETQA” who is responsible for this programme. Also note that the word “accreditation” does not mean they SETA accredited. It must say “NQF Accredited”.

How to confirm that you are not caught in a SCAM!

Before you can start with any course you should ask the following questions:

Is the course accredited and with what SETA? (Phone the SETA and ask to speak to the ETQA Manager or check their website for detail.

What is the process and duration from start to completion?

Are there any additional fees for support to re-submission?

Entry Requirements? Do you charge for registration and why?

What discount can I get if I do more courses with your institute?

What after support and resources to you offer?

Can you provide a list of references or reviews of learners who completed these courses before?